# Ndaa s1867 **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 25, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ndaa-s1867/607375 "2011-12-25T20:04:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ndaa-s1867/607375/1 "2011-12-25T20:04:41Z")
> **[Senators Demand the Military Lock Up of American Citizens in a “Battlefield”...](https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/senators-demand-military-lock-american-citizens-battlefield-they)** > > The president could have the power to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world. Can anyone explain this to me. Has Obama signed this bill yet and does it, IN FACT, allow American citizens to be detained indefinitely without due process? If there is already a thread on this subject, I apologize. (I couldn’t find one) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ndaa-s1867/607375/2 "2011-12-25T20:09:47Z")
There were 3 threads. [This is the one I started a few weeks ago.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=633373). But maybe now that the legislation actually passed, it warrants a new thread. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ndaa-s1867/607375/3 "2011-12-25T20:23:12Z")
AFAIU it doesn’t explicitly allow American citizens to be detained indefinitely without due process. But it doesn’t forbid it either.